Coltrane Series by Patricia Hagan

Nathan Collins, the Rebel, who dreamed of making Katherine his wife, but would never accept her craving for a life of her own. Travis Coltrane, the Yankee, who could make her wild with fury one moment, and delirious with passion the next. And Katherine Wright was wrenched from her home, ravished at will, abducted again and again...but the real battle was raging where no one could see it - for even the turbulent tides of war couldn't extinguish the sweet-hot fire within.

His courage conquered her world, but her love captured his heart! Kitty Wright's once grand ancestral plantation stands abandoned, ruined. Now, her father and fiance slain, her southern life in tatters, the two men who ravaged her heritage turn their hunger to her beauty. Corey McRae, Yankee carpetbagger, rescues Kitty from the lusts of a vengeful mob, only to entrap her within his own violent passions... moreHis courage conquered her world, but her love captured his heart! Kitty Wright's once grand ancestral plantation stands abandoned, ruined. Now, her father and fiance slain, her southern life in tatters, the two men who ravaged her heritage turn their hunger to her beauty. Corey McRae, Yankee carpetbagger, rescues Kitty from the lusts of a vengeful mob, only to entrap her within his own violent passions. Jerome Danton, privateer of land and women, gathers into his cruel web of wealth and desire every shred of beauty in the fallen Confederacy -- with a special eye to its most spirited woman. Across a land savaged by a conquering army, Kitty flees -- possessed by a woman's indomitable strength to guard her most previous gifts: the child of her body and the love of a man...a man named Travis Coltrane, a victorious soldier who knows that a man's greatest field of honor is a woman's heart. less

LOVE TORN ASUNDER Kitty and Travis, united at last, have found happiness on her ancestral North Carolina farm -- until the lure of adventure takes Travis to Haiti. When Travis returns, he finds his beautiful bride has been abducted by the murderous, swaggering Luke Tate. Distraught when he is shown Kitty's grave, Travis is haunted by crushing memories of the one woman who ever filled his heart. And he knows he can never belong to another woman...even the lovely Marilee, whom he marries... moreLOVE TORN ASUNDER Kitty and Travis, united at last, have found happiness on her ancestral North Carolina farm -- until the lure of adventure takes Travis to Haiti. When Travis returns, he finds his beautiful bride has been abducted by the murderous, swaggering Luke Tate. Distraught when he is shown Kitty's grave, Travis is haunted by crushing memories of the one woman who ever filled his heart. And he knows he can never belong to another woman...even the lovely Marilee, whom he marries. The stunning climax to the love story of Kitty and Travis -- which blazed across a North and South consumed by war, which smoldered in the ashes of a conquered land -- now reaches its magnificent conclusion in the triumph of true devotion and a love meant to last forever. less

Lovely Briana de Paul trembled in horror...and yet it was her only hope of salvation. To raise money for her ailing brother, she was being forced to impersonate her best friend Dani Coltrane -- and claim half of the huge family fortune for herself. From the moment he witnessed her ravishing beauty, Colt Coltrane was bewitched. Yet this woman claimed to be his own half sister, back from Paris after many years. He must restrain his impossible urgings.. moreLovely Briana de Paul trembled in horror...and yet it was her only hope of salvation. To raise money for her ailing brother, she was being forced to impersonate her best friend Dani Coltrane -- and claim half of the huge family fortune for herself. From the moment he witnessed her ravishing beauty, Colt Coltrane was bewitched. Yet this woman claimed to be his own half sister, back from Paris after many years. He must restrain his impossible urgings...until one moon-kissed night, desire swept them both away... From vast Nevada silver mines to illicit Parisian nights, from snow-topped Alps to plus Monaco mansions, Colt and Briana would endure incredible danger and vicious intrigue...always fighting for the magnificent passion that nothing could destroy. less

DESTINY OF LOVE...AND SPLENDOR When Dani Coltrane flees to Paris, she leaves behind heartache and pain, and vows no man will ever control her. But then the proud heiress to the Coltrane dynasty meets the dashing nobleman, Drake, and her determination is rocked. Banished from Imperial Russia to roam the glittering capitals of Europe, he has an eye for beautiful art and beautiful women. Dani Coltrane possesses both a painting he covets and a loveliness he can't resist... moreDESTINY OF LOVE...AND SPLENDOR When Dani Coltrane flees to Paris, she leaves behind heartache and pain, and vows no man will ever control her. But then the proud heiress to the Coltrane dynasty meets the dashing nobleman, Drake, and her determination is rocked. Banished from Imperial Russia to roam the glittering capitals of Europe, he has an eye for beautiful art and beautiful women. Dani Coltrane possesses both a painting he covets and a loveliness he can't resist. Drake is determined to make these treasures his. From the sumptuous salons of Europe to the fabulous court of the Russian Empire, from the dark cellars of a chateau in Monaco to a deserted, danger-ridden palace, Drake pursues the headstrong and illusive woman. And as his cold obsession turns to soul-searching love, Dani's resistance melts...until they are swept toward a stunning confrontation with destiny and the triumph of a love dazzling with splendor. less

Driven by Love, Consumed by Dreams Perfect happiness seemed within reach for Jade O'Bannon and Colt Coltrane when sudden catastrophe separated the newlyweds. Believing her husband dead, Jade began a perilous odyssey that would take her from a disastrous shipwreck to the dazzling drawing rooms of New York. Forced to choose between a love she could not forget and a passion she could not deny, she would make a tragic mistake - and become the helpless prisoner of a madman's obsession... moreDriven by Love, Consumed by Dreams Perfect happiness seemed within reach for Jade O'Bannon and Colt Coltrane when sudden catastrophe separated the newlyweds. Believing her husband dead, Jade began a perilous odyssey that would take her from a disastrous shipwreck to the dazzling drawing rooms of New York. Forced to choose between a love she could not forget and a passion she could not deny, she would make a tragic mistake - and become the helpless prisoner of a madman's obsession. Tumultuous events swept her toward a fateful confrontation that would either shatter her hopes forever...or bring them to splendid fulfillment. less

THEIR DESTINY WAS WRITTEN ON THE WIND... Her heart beat with the fierce passion of the Coltranes. Her fiery golden beauty glowed with a brilliance that was her legacy... From the palatial grandeur of Spanish haciendas to the glittering excitement of New York City to the dusty squares of Morocco. LOVE AND HONOR blaces with the wild adventures and sizzling romance of Kit Coltrane and Kurt Tanner, in Patricia Hagan's seventh magnificent episode of the bestselling Coltrane saga.

All Russia was being consumed in the terrible flames of war as the centuries-old Czarist dynasty crumbled. A prisoner in the midst of chaos and destruction, beautiful Marilee Coltrane Mikhailonov feared for her life at the hands of bloodthirsty revolutionaries. But the dashing, blue-eyed counterspy, Cord Brandt, would allow no harm to come to his bewitching captive. Across a vast continent, Cord would pursue Marilee's elusive heart as she set out to reclaim her lost heritage... moreAll Russia was being consumed in the terrible flames of war as the centuries-old Czarist dynasty crumbled. A prisoner in the midst of chaos and destruction, beautiful Marilee Coltrane Mikhailonov feared for her life at the hands of bloodthirsty revolutionaries. But the dashing, blue-eyed counterspy, Cord Brandt, would allow no harm to come to his bewitching captive. Across a vast continent, Cord would pursue Marilee's elusive heart as she set out to reclaim her lost heritage. And together they'd fulfill a remarkable destiny - triumphant at last in the rapturous glow of a magnificent love. less